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SECTION 1. FOREWORD ......................................................................................................05
SECTION 2. SKOLKOVO ECOSYSTEM ..............................................................................07
SKOLKOVO STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION STAGES ..................................................................09
PLACE OF SKOLKOVO IN THE RUSSIAN INNOVATION SYSTEM ....................................................12
PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ......................................................................16
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
OF THE SUBPROGRAM 'CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER ............................................................................................20
SECTION 3. TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS ..............................................................................21
TECHNOLOGY STARTUPS ........................................................................................................23
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER ................................................................................24
SKOLKOVO ROBOCENTER ......................................................................................................26
SPACE TECHNOLOGIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLUSTER ................................................28
BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER ....................................................................................30
ENERGY EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER ......................................................................32
NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES CLUSTER ........................................................................................34
NEW AREAS OF CLUSTERS' ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................36
SECTION 4. INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES................................................................................37
SECTION 5. INVESTORS AND MENTORS ..........................................................................41
VENTURE INVESTORS ..............................................................................................................43
RESULTS OF VENTURE INVESTMENTS......................................................................................46
INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATION PROGRAMS............................................................................47
MENTOR PROGRAM ................................................................................................................48
SECTION 6. SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE ........................................................................49
SKOLKOVO TECHNOPARK ........................................................................................................51
SKOLKOVO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CENTRE........................................................................52
SECTION 7. EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE ..............................................................53
SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ..........................................................55
SKOLKOVO OPEN UNIVERSITY ................................................................................................57
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SECTION 8. INNOVATION CITY OF SKOLKOVO ................................................................59
INNOVATION CITY ....................................................................................................................61
SKOLKOVO SCHOOL ................................................................................................................63
SECTION 9. CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY ......................................................................65
INNOVATION CENTER CONSTRUCTION STAGES ........................................................................66
SKOLTECH ..............................................................................................................................68
TECHNOPARK ..........................................................................................................................69
TECHNOPARK OFFICE CENTER ................................................................................................70
UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE....................................................................................................71
RENOVA LAB ............................................................................................................................72
MATRYOSHKA – A BUSINESS CENTER IN SKOLKOVO ................................................................72
GALLERY BUSINESS CENTER ..................................................................................................73
KEY PARTNERS' ZONE..............................................................................................................73
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION ACADEMY ........................................................................................74
PIPE METALLURGICAL COMPANY (TMK) ....................................................................................74
TATNEFT ..................................................................................................................................75
SBERBANK ..............................................................................................................................75
APARTMENTS ..........................................................................................................................76
FAMILY CAMPUS ......................................................................................................................76
SECTION 10. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE........................................................................77
SKOLKOVO PROJECT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ....................................................................79
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ................................................................................80
FOUNDATION COUNCIL ............................................................................................................81
FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................83
GRANT COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................84
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL ..............................................................................................85
CITY PLANNING BOARD ............................................................................................................86
INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL..............................................................................................87
SECTION 11. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................89
CONTACTS ..............................................................................................................................92
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Skolkovo exists not in the vacuum, and the last year
was not an easy and trouble-free one for us, just as
for the entire economy of Russia. Stagnation, de-
creasing domestic demand, sharp currency rate fluc-
tuations, and a contracting domestic venture capital
market, as well as other negative factors obviously
affected the project implementation progress. Still,
I can say with satisfaction that we have achieved all
performance indicators set by the Government of the
Russian Federation to evaluate our performance and
even exceeded some, rather significantly. Revenues
from scientific research activities by the Skolkovo
participant companies totalled RUB 43.6bn, which is
more than 8 times higher than the target level. 13.5k
new jobs were created, 1.5 times above the target
level. 645 intellectual property applications were filed
(3 times above the target).
To tell the truth, our greatest concern in the existing
economical situation was a considerable decrease of
private investments in the projects of the participants.
However, we almost achieved the target level for this
performance indicator as well, although not without
difficulties, with last year's private investments
exceeding RUB 4bn. It might not be an original thing
to say that the unfavourable economic environment
not only causes difficulties, but also opens up new
opportunities. This statement is totally true for our
project as well. As soon as the country began to see
an increased demand for local innovations, it be-
came clear that the Skolkovo ecosystem is for the
most part ready to satisfy such demand. During the
last year alone about 20 major and medium-sized
high-tech Russian companies having realized the
advantages of joining the ecosystem, decided to set
up their R&D centers at the Skolkovo Innovation
Center. Sectoral ministries and agencies started a
systematic search for promising technologies at
Skolkovo that are in demand in different areas of
manufacture. Many public and private corporations
in Russia are testing or already implementing the
solutions developed by our participant companies.
Preparations were completed to launch R&D in a
new area, agriculture, which will include support to
innovative projects in animal husbandry, horticulture,
forestry and microbiology.
All this was made possible due to the creation of the
basic infrastructure of the Innovation Center and
improvement of the mechanisms of its functioning.
Thus, the results of 2014 fully confirmed that the
right development strategy for the Innovation Center
had been chosen, with its focus on the development
of a dynamic self-evolving ecosystem resistant to
fluctuations in the commodity markets and to local
changes in the economic situation. We treat eco-
nomic hardships as an additional challenge and an
impetus to accelerate the implementation of the
Skolkovo Project and 'fine tune' it based on our
recessionary experience.
Viktor Vekselberg,
President of the Skolkovo Foundation
WE HAVE ACHIEVED ALL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
SET BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION TO EVALUATE OUR PERFORMANCE
AND EVEN EXCEEDED SOME.
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SKOLKOVO STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION
STAGES
The development strategy is reflected in the state subpro-
gram 'Creation and Development of the Skolkovo Innovation
Center', a part of the state program 'Economic Development
and Innovation Economy.' The strategy includes three key
stages of the innovation center development.
THE SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGY BY 2020 WAS APPROVED AT THE
END OF 2012.
ECONOMY AND
INNOVATIONS
CREATION AND GENERATION OF
A CRITICAL MASS OF THE KEY
ELEMENTS OF THE INNOVATION
ECOSYSTEM1
stage
IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF
THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE INNOVA-
TION ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING THE
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF ROTATION MECHANISMS
INSIDE THE ELEMENTS AND ENSUR-
ING OF INTEGRATION AND INTERAC-
TION BETWEEN THE ELEMENTS
2
stage
SHIFT TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT;
PROMOTION OF THE COMMER-
CIALIZATION POTENTIAL OF THE
INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM3
stage
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The activities of the first development stage were,
for the most part, successfully completed in 2010-
2013: a community of tech startups was created,
industrial partners and investors were engaged,
and the development of physical and services infra-
structure of the innovation center started.
The first quantitative milestone was reached in
2013, when the number of startups exceeded 1000.
The number of participants of the Skolkovo innova-
tion ecosystem totalled 1070 in 2014, the revenues
exceeded RUB 43.6bn, accrued private invest-
ments went beyond RUB 11bn and 13.5k new jobs
were created.
In the new context, the key goal for this stage is to
accelerate the development of internal links
between the elements and enhance cooperation
within the ecosystem. As a rule, global innovation
centers had much more time to develop links within
their ecosystems and did not face many challenges
at the initial stage of development, thus being able
to let their ecosystems develop more sponta-
neously.
THE FIRST QUANTITATIVE MILESTONE WAS
REACHED IN 2013, WHEN THE NUMBER
OF STARTUPS EXCEEDED 1000.
STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION
OVER 1000
companies founded
startups
OVER 11
billion roubles
of private investments
OVER 13 500
professional jobs created
RUB 43.6 BILLION
of revenues generated
by the ecosystem
2014
results
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The current agenda dictates that the Innovation
Center should be more actively involved in the de-
velopment of the connections.
Achieving this goal requires activities to attract
new and intensify the cooperation with the existing
industrial partners, building a sustainable invest-
ment community and success stories of invest-
ments in tech startups, and a targeted approach to
startup acceleration using all the capabilities of the
physical and service infrastructure, as well as of
the international partner network of the Innovation
Center. In the existing conditions, of special impor-
tance is targeted acceleration of innovative
projects, which will be supported by the Founda-
tion clusters. In an unfavourable environment, the
cost of mistake at the start of an innovative project
increases multifoldly, while acceleration will
increase the share of startups able to pass
through the 'death valley.'
Integration of Skolkovo to the Russian innovation
ecosystem and international ecosystem interaction
is an important goal as well.
IN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, OF SPECIAL
IMPORTANCE IS TARGETED ACCELERATION OF
INNOVATIVE PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE SUPPORTED BY
THE FOUNDATION CLUSTERS.
STRATEGY
IMPLEMENTATION
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PLACE OF SKOLKOVO
IN THE RUSSIAN
INNOVATION SYSTEM
AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM,
EVEN THE LARGEST ONE, CANNOT FUNCTION
IN ISOLATION FROM THE COUNTRY'S
INNOVATION SYSTEM.
COOPERATION OF THE
FOUNDATION WITH
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
AND STATE CORPORATIONS
Development institutions play a critical role in build-
ing links between the Skolkovo ecosystem and the
community of tech startups in Russia. The 'Innova-
tion elevator', a system of comprehensive support
for promising projects at different stages of develop-
ment, is a key mechanism ensuring the 'integration'
and 'coherence' of the ecosystem.
The existing development institutions cover all inno-
vative product development stages, from an idea to
entering the capital markets. The role of the
Skolkovo Foundation is not only working with the ex-
isting projects and companies, but rather developing
new ones. The sources of startups for the Skolkovo
Foundation can include both the companies that are
already part of the 'innovation elevator' system (e.g.
those coming from the Foundation for Assistance to
Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Tech-
nology) and companies attracted to the Skolkovo
ecosystem through mechanisms other than the inno-
vation elevator.
The Foundation and development institutions coope-
rate in the following areas:
1. CROSS-MEMBER-
SHIP IN GOVERNING
BODIES
2. REGULAR ACTIVITIES IN
THE FIELD OF INNOVATIVE
AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
3. PROMOTION OF
SCIENCE AND
INNOVATIONS IN RUSSIA
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Representatives of the Foundation form part of the
Board of Directors of RUSNANO OJSC and Vneshe-
conombank. RUSNANO's representatives are mem-
bers of the Skolkovo Foundation Council.
Development institutions cooperatively implement
innovation elevator mechanisms providing consis-
tent support to innovative tech startups at different
stages of their development.
The cooperation with the Foundation for Assistance
to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Tech-
nology has resulted in over 100 innovative compa-
nies acquiring the status of Skolkovo Project
participant.
Within the cooperation with RVC, over 10 deals
have been closed to provide financing to Skolkovo
Project participants; cumulative investments of RVC
funds in participant companies totalled approxi-
mately RUB 550M in 2013-2014, with over 40
portfolio companies of RVC funds being Skolkovo
participants.
Financing from VEB Innovations Fund totalled about
RUB 500M, with financial support granted to 17 par-
ticipants. There are 34 Skolkovo Project participant
companies, where RUSNANO holds a share; and all
grant projects involving RUSNANO (including funds
of all co-investors) amount to approximately
RUB 740M. In addition, 2 companies, in which RUS-
NANO holds a share, were accredited as common
use centers by the Skolkovo Technopark.
The Skolkovo Foundation has been actively cooper-
ating with development institutions within joint
events aimed at promoting technological innova-
tions, as well as at developing and accelerating
startups. The All-Russian Startup Tour and Startup
Village should be mentioned among major joint
events. The prize winners at these contests may
receive financial support and may be granted the
status of Skolkovo Project participant. An important
goal addressed by the Skolkovo Foundation in order
to build domestic demand for innovations is cooper-
ation with major partially state-owned companies.
Work with those companies covers a whole range of
areas, including the organisation of information shar-
ing between startups and state-owned companies,
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS COOPERATIVELY
IMPLEMENT INNOVATION ELEVATOR MECHANISMS
PROVIDING CONSISTENT SUPPORT TO INNOVATIVE
TECH STARTUPS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF THEIR
DEVELOPMENT.
COOPERATION OF THE
FOUNDATION WITH
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
AND STATE CORPORATIONS
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as well as methodology and management of plan-
ning and implementation of innovative activity aimed
at the presentation of in state-owned companies.
Active cooperation aimed at the presentation of
Skolkovo projects is taking place, for example, with
the companies of the Rostec Holding, in terms of
which over 20 projects of Skolkovo startups were in-
troduced for consideration to the Scientific and Tech-
nical Council of Rostec. As regards the cooperation
with oil and gas companies, work with Gazprom JSC,
Gazpromneft JSC and Rosneft JSC should be men-
tioned. Interaction was launched between the Nuclear
Technologies Cluster and Rosatom State Corporation
to implement the projects of Skolkovo participants.
Within the extended program of the All-Russian
Startup Tour 2015, contests of innovative projects,
THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ACTIVELY
COOPERATING WITH REGIONAL COMMUNITIES
TO SHARE AND SCALE ITS EXPERIENCE IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND
CREATION OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE
INNOVATION PROCESS PARTICIPANTS.
SCALING OF EXPERIENCE
OF THE SKOLKOVO
INNOVATION CENTER
IN REGIONS
round table discussions and master classes, as well
as meetings with business angels and venture in-
ventors were held in 12 cities. In 2015, the All-
Russian Startup Tour for the first time reached
beyond Russia, reaching Minsk (Belarus) and
Almaty (Kazakhstan).
THE NUMBER OF STARTUP TOUR
2015 PARTICIPANTS
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The development of an innovation ecosystem is
impossible without successful cooperation with the
research community. The Skolkovo Foundation coop-
erates with the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
and the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations
(FASO) in a wide range of areas. The guidelines on
intellectual property commercialization and spin-off
creation using university scientific developments were
drafted with the support of the Skolkovo Intellectual
Property Centre. In cooperation with the RAS Tech-
nology Transfer Center and RUSNANO, the Skolkovo
Foundation held the workshop 'Creating a Successful
Academic Startup', with over 40 teams participating.
An active work on preparation and promotion of the
innovative projects is underway with 19 RAS insti-
tutes, including the Institute for Information Transmis-
sion Problems, the Program Systems Institute of RAS,
the Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch of
RAS, the Institute of High Current Electronics of the
Siberian Branch of RAS, the Institute of Laser Physics
of the Siberian Branch of RAS, and the Blokhin Russ-
ian Cancer Research Center. The projects of RAS
institutes took and still take an active part in the All-
Russian Startup Tour and Startup Village.
The Skolkovo Foundation attracts research projects: in
terms of the Skolkovo-FASO contest – 248 applications
submitted, with 14 finalists and a number of teams not
qualified for the final invited to become residents of the
Innovation Center. Representatives of FASO institutes
are also involved in the work of the expert panel of all
clusters of the Foundation, with over 20 academicians
and corresponding members of RAS acting as experts
within the procedures of the Foundation.
The educational activities of the Innovation Center
include educational programs (seasonal schools) for
young scientists, aimed at building a community of
young scientists and professionals who will join the
candidate pool in the field of commercialization and in-
novative activity for the Russian academic community.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT SUCCESSFUL
COOPERATION WITH THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY.
COOPERATION WITH
RAS AND FASO
WORK ON INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS IS UNDERWAY
WITH 19 RAS INSTITUTES
248 APPLICATIONS
SUBMITTED TO THE
SKOLKOVO-FASO CONTEST
OVER 20 ACADEMICIANS AND CORRE-
SPONDING MEMBERS OF RAS ACT
AS EXPERTS OF THE FOUNDATION
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PROMOTION
OF INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
The Foundation's clusters, Skoltech's centers of sci-
ence, innovations and education, as well as Founda-
tion's industrial partners serve as points where new
links emerge between the Innovation Center and inter-
national communities of experts, entrepreneurs, re-
searchers and investors.
In today's world, success of tech startups should not
be limited to the market of one country only, even to a
huge one like that of Russia. In this connection, the
Foundation has been actively promoting cooperation
with international commercialization programs. Over
30 participants joined international acceleration pro-
grams.
Currently, over 80 Skolkovo Project participants oper-
ate in the markets of Europe, America and Asia. In
2014-2015, the countries of the Asia-Pacific Region
became a part of top-priority regions for the interna-
tional expansion of Skolkovo startups.
THE SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER IS TIGHTLY
INTEGRATED IN THE GLOBAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
AND IS CONNECTED WITH A NETWORK OF
INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION CENTERS,
TECHNOPARKS, DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
AND EDUCATIONAL CENTERS.
GLOBAL INTEGRATION
AND INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION OF THE
SKOLKOVO CENTER
OVER 80 SKOLKOVO PROJECT PARTICIPANTS
OPERATE IN THE MARKETS OF
EUROPE, AMERICA AND ASIA
OVER 30 PARTICIPANTS JOINED
INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATION
PROGRAMS
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Russia's shift to the cooperation with the countries of
the Asia-Pacific Region and the intensification of its
plans for economic development of the Far East dictate
the need to expand the presence of the Skolkovo Foun-
dation in the Far Eastern Federal District. Opened in
April 2015, the Foundation's Branch in the Far East will
become a pilot project for the development of a branch
network and testing the regional model of presence.
The Foundation's Branch will serve as a catalyst to the
development of the innovation ecosystem in the Far
East, building a community of startups and establishing
relations with local, regional and international venture
investors, industrial partners, research centers and
technoparks.
THE FOUNDATION'S BRANCH WILL SERVE AS A CATALYST
TOTHE DEVELOPMENT OFTHE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
INTHE FAR EAST, BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF STARTUPS.
SKOLKOVO IN THE
FAR EAST REGION
THE CHANCETO HOSTTHE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF SCIENCE PARKS AND AREAS OF INNOVATION (IASP)
WORLD CONFERENCE 2016 IS SEEN AS A PRIVILEGE.
WORLD CONFERENCE
FOR TECHNOPARKS
IASP World Conference is 'the Olympic Games among
technoparks' and a key forum for meetings, networking
and experience sharing between the leaders and chief
executives of science parks and innovation development
areas from all over the world. Every year, the conference
is hosted by a different country, with the host technopark
selected on a competitive basis two years prior to the
conference. In a persistent struggle, the Skolkovo
Technopark won the right to host IASP 2016. Russia
was supported by technoparks from Asia, Europe and
the United States. With their votes, these countries ac-
knowledged the important role of Russia in today's inno-
vations. Russia's application won by the widest margin
ever seen over the 33-year history of IASP: 121 partici-
pants voted for Russia, with 45 and 39 votes for Turkey
and the Netherlands, respectively. Such victory is cer-
tainly a sign of recognition of the first, but already notice-
able success of Russia on its way to innovation-driven
development. For Russian technoparks, the conference
is a unique opportunity to share experience with the
leading global experts, expand their networks of working
contacts, discuss topical issues and find ways for coop-
eration and interaction with colleagues.
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startups participating in the Skolkovo Project
operate in international markets
patents granted to Skolkovo startups
in foreign countries in 2013-2014
international applications
filed in 2013-2014
international companies cooperating
with Skolkovo Foundation
89
56
317
27
PRESENCE
INNOVATION CENTER
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No. INDICATOR
ACTUAL
2013
ACTUAL
2014
ACTUAL
2010-2015
1
IP applications for intellectual property created
at Skolkovo 484 645 1288
2
Patents granted in foreign countries, including
the United States, Europe, and Japan 29 27 56
3
Private investments attracted to Skolkovo,
including investments in participants and
Skoltech, RUB bn
3,4 4,5 11,1
4
Revenues from research activities of the
Skolkovo Project participants (cumulative),
RUB bn
15,7 43,6 43,6
5
Decrease in average period of commercializa-
tion of Skolkovo participants' projects, % 0 5 5
6
Publications indexed by the Web of Science
(per 1 Skoltech researcher), per 1 faculty
member per year
7
Share of Skoltech graduates involved in
innovative activity, %
8
Integral contribution of the Skolkovo Project
to the economy of the Russian Federation
(cumulative), RUB bn
9
Index of innovation center suitability for life
and work (happiness index)
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE KEY PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS OF THE SUBPROGRAM
'CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER'
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TECHNOLOGY
STARTUPS
THETECH STARTUPS OF SKOLKOVO ARE SMALL
HIGH-TECH COMPANIES CARRYING OUT RESEARCH
INTHE RELEVANT FIELDS OFTHE CENTER'S ACTIVITY,
WHICH HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY EXPERTS
AND GRANTED A PROJECT
PARTICIPANT STATUS.
SOME RESULTS
OF CENTER'S
WORK
APPLICATIONS FOR PARTICIPANT STATUS:
6873
RUSSIAN REGIONS PARTICIPATING:
49
PARTICIPANT COMPANIES:
1147
REVENUES OF PARTICIPANT COMPANIES:
43,6 RUB BN
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS:
11,1 RUB BN
FIRM COMMITMENTS OF ACCREDITED
INVESTORSTO FINANCE PARTICIPANTS: 4,3 RUB BN
APPROVED GRANTS:
10,6 RUB BN
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY APPLICATIONS:
1288
PATENTS AND CERTIFICATES:
500
JOBS AT PARTICIPANT COMPANIES:
13,5 THOUSAND
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INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGIES
CLUSTER
THE KEY GOAL OFTHE CLUSTER ISTO FOSTER
A COMPREHENSIVE ECOSYSTEM IN RUSSIA FORTHE
HIGH-TECH PROJECTS OF SKOLKOVO PARTICIPANTS
INTHE IT SECTOR.
CLUSTER'S
GOALS:
The Cluster is focused on the following top-priority in-
novations:
new audio, video and image search, recognition
and processing engines;
new development and testing tools
and environments;
development of communication
and navigation technology;
new means of data storage, processing,
transmission and display;
development of new high-throughput
computing and data storage systems;
safe information technology;
mobile, embedded and wearable devices,
and related software;
big data processing and analysis;
new developments in computer graphics
and gamification;
intelligent robotics and autonomous vehicles;
cloud technologies and services;
new design, development and control systems.
26. jobs at
participant
companies
8,6
THOUSAND
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WORK BY THE FOUNDATION IN ALL OF THE AREAS
LISTED ABOVE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY AND IS BEING
EXPANDED AND STRUCTURED, ENABLING TO ACHIEVE
GREAT RESULTS.
OVERVIEW OF THE IT
CLUSTER'S RESULTS
participant
companies
336
private
investments
4,2RUB BN
revenues
of participant
companies
29,5RUB BN
intellectual
property
applications
432APPLICATIONS
patents and
certificates
155
industrial
partners
21
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SKOLKOVO
ROBOCENTER
INTELLIGENT ROBOTICS IS ONE OFTHE GENERAL
PURPOSETECHNOLOGIESTHAT, SIMILARLYTO
MODERNTRANSPORT ORTHE INTERNET,WILL
DETERMINE WHATTHE SOCIETY OFTHE SIXTH
TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM WILL LOOK LIKE.
RESEARCH
IN ROBOTICS
In general, robotics should be understood as intelli-
gent (i.e. with a high degree of autonomy) industrial
and service robotics (both personal and profes-
sional), including autonomous and unmanned
ground, aerial and sea vehicles.
The annual global economic impact of intelligent ro-
botics can exceed USD 6.3 trillion by 2025. Taking
into account Russia's contribution to global econ-
omy, its economic benefits from the application of ro-
botics may amount up to USD 220 billion annually
(approximately 6% of Russian GDP).
The Skolkovo Interdisciplinary Robotics Center com-
prises 35 companies implementing science-intensive
projects in industrial and service robotics, which ac-
counts for approximately 20-25% of all entities en-
gaged in R&D in robotics in Russia.
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During the past year, the Foundation awarded sev-
eral grants to support research in robotics to various
projects, such as Wicron (development of an au-
tonomous control system for a telepresence bot), KB
Avrora (development of an open platform for au-
tonomous control testing), RoboCV (development of
an autopilot for warehouse machines; it raised the
largest venture investments in Russia for projects of
that kind).
In 2014, we found and raised from the dunghill,
through the Startup Village 'catapult', a unique Russ-
ian project for the development of a rehabilitation ex-
oskeleton called 'Exoatlet'. The team already
developed their first prototype exoskeleton that was
time and again demonstrated to a wide audience.
The companies included in the Skolkovo Robocenter
have registered 40 intellectual property items.
Our goal is to transform the Skolkovo Robocenter
into the Russia's largest and most powerful commer-
cialization center for projects in civil robotics by
2016.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
REVENUES OF PARTICIPANT COMPANIES
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SPACE
TECHNOLOGIES AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CLUSTER
CLUSTER'S PRIORITY ISTO ATTRACT
AND SELECT ENTITIES DEVELOPING INNOVATIONS
INTHE FIELD OF SPACE VEHICLE DESIGN
AND OPERATION AND DIVERSITY OF THE
OPPORTUNITIES INTHE SPACE INDUSTRY.
ECONOMY AND
SCIENCE IN THE
CLUSTER'S WORK
PARTICIPANT COMPANIES
PATENTS AND CERTIFICATES
8
55
137 APPLICATIONS
0,5 RUB BN
1,5 RUB BN
120
JOBS AT PARTICIPANT COMPANIES600
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The Cluster is focused on the following top-priority
innovations:
elements and systems for the space
and the ground segment of space vehicles;
products and services using the capabilities
of space vehicles;
industrial and research technologies and software
for the aerospace industry;
top-priority areas in telecommunication
development;
integrated aerospace technologies.
THE KEY GOALS OFTHE CLUSTER ARETO DEVELOP
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROMOTE PROMISING
PROJECTS INTHE SPACE INDUSTRY AND INTHE
FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS.
PRIORITIES
IN INNOVATIVE
ACTIVITY
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BIOMEDICAL
TECHNOLOGIES
CLUSTER
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,
THE CLUSTER GRANTED FINANCIAL AIDTO
80 PROJECTS INTHE FIELD OF DIAGNOSTICS,
THERAPY AND BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS.
SUCCESSES
PARTICIPANT
COMPANIES
227 REVENUES OF PARTICI-
PANT COMPANIES
4,4
RUB BN
PRIVATE
INVESTMENTS
2,6
RUB BN
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
223 PATENTS
AND CERTIFICATES
91 INDUSTRIAL
PARTNERS
5
JOBS AT PARTICIPANT
COMPANIES
1,5
THOUSAND
APPLICATIONS
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The Cluster is focused on the following
top-priority innovations:
materials, devices and products for modification
of the structure or function and visualization
of biological tissues, organs and cells;
development of drugs and therapeutic agents;
-omics technologies and bioinformatics;
cell and tissue therapy.
THE INNOVATIONS IN DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND
THE ACHIEVEMENTS IN REGENERATIVE AND CELL
TECHNOLOGIES, BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOPHOTONICS
WILL DRAMATICALLY CHANGE OUR LIFE.
PRIORITIES
IN INNOVATIVE
ACTIVITY
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
TECHNOLOGIES
CLUSTER
USINGTHE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES INTHE FIELD
OF ENERGYTECHNOLOGIES,WE SHOULD BRIDGE
THE GAP BETWEEN RUSSIA AND DEVELOPED
ECONOMIES AND DEVELOPTHE AREAS CONNECTED
WITH INNOVATIVETRENDS.
CLUSTER'S
CAPABILITIES
PARTICIPANT
COMPANIES
269
PRIVATE
INVESTMENTS
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
405 PATENTS AND
CERTIFICATES
161 INDUSTRIAL
PARTNERS
18
JOBS AT PARTICIPANT
COMPANIES
2,4
REVENUES
OF PARTICIPANT
COMPANIES
6
RUB BN
3,3
RUB BN
APPLICATIONS
THOUSAND
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AN IMPORTANT GOAL OFTHIS CLUSTER ISTO DEVELOP
SOLUTIONS AIMED AT OPTIMIZING ENERGY
CONSUMPTION BY INDUSTRIAL ENTITIES, HOUSING AND
UTILITIES SECTOR,AND MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
GOALS OF
INNOVATIVE
ACTIVITY
The Cluster is focused on the following top-priority
innovations:
oil and gas – exploration and production
technologies;
oil and gas – processing technologies,
oil and natural gas chemistry;
energy accumulation;
fuel generation of electric power;
renewable energy sources;
hydrogen energy;
electric power transmission;
solutions for the housing and utilities sector;
industrial solutions.
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NUCLEAR
TECHNOLOGIES
CLUSTER
THE CLUSTER IS FOCUSED ON NUCLEAR WASTE
DISPOSALTECHNOLOGIES, ON NUCLEAR MEDICINE,
AND ONTHE USE OF NUCLEARTECHNOLOGIES
IN AGRICULTURE.
KEY AREAS
PARTICIPANT
COMPANIES118
REVENUES
OF PARTICIPANT
COMPANIES0,9
RUB BN
0,6
RUB BN
PRIVATE
INVESTMENTS
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY91
APPLICATIONS
PATENTS
AND CERTIFICATES38 INDUSTRIAL
PARTNERS8
JOBS AT PARTICIPANT
COMPANIES600
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The Cluster is focused on the following
top-priority innovations:
industrial technologies using the
developments of nuclear science;
technologies of use of radiation and
electromagnetic fields;
technologies for the development, modification
and qualification of materials;
technologies for machine building, instrument
making and new microelectronics;
technologies for design, development,
simulation and engineering of complex
technologic facilities and systems.
FOSTERING AND MAINTAINING AN ATTRACTIVE
ECOSYSTEM AIMED AT ENHANCINGTHE EFFICIENCY
OF INTERACTION OF ALL ITS ELEMENTS REMAIN
THE GOALS OFTHE CLUSTER.
GOALS OF THE NUCLEAR
TECHNOLOGIES
CLUSTER
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NEW AREAS
OF CLUSTERS'
ACTIVITYThe Foundation strives to actively develop centers of
excellence in the promising areas of innovative activ-
ity, with the Information Technologies Cluster setting
up robotics and gamification centers, the Biomedical
Technologies Cluster developing oncology area and
working to launch the agricultural area, and the
Energy Efficiency Technologies Cluster establishing
an oil and gas technology center.
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The industrial partners take an active part in the work
done in the innovation ecosystem in a wide range of
fields: on the one hand, they are actively involved in
research carried out within the Innovation Center, and,
on the other hand, they generate demand for innova-
tions, financing research and buying the findings of the
research developed by startups. The partners also
play an important role in supporting project commer-
cialization programs as they provide mentoring and
buy companies and technologies.
Considerable efforts invested in attracting Russian and
global industrial companies have yielded certain re-
sults: 49 companies have become Foundation resi-
dents and announced their intention to establish R&D
centers at Skolkovo.
AS PART OFTHE FINE-TUNING OFTHE SKOLKOVO
CENTER DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, SPECIAL
ATTENTION IS PAIDTOTHE PROMOTION OF ECOSYSTEM
COOPERATION WITHTHE INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS.
PARTNERSHIP
IN INNOVATIONS
INDUSTRIAL
COMPANIES
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As part of the fine-tuning of the Innovation Center
development strategy, special attention is paid to
the promotion of ecosystem cooperation with the in-
dustrial partners.
First of all, this includes assistance of the partners
in creating new jobs, developing the required re-
search competences and attracting investments in
the creation of research infrastructure of partners'
R&D centers. Jobs at R&D centers will account for
at least a quarter of all jobs within the ecosystem.
Population of the office and research facilities, as
well as accommodation within the innovation center
is another priority in cooperation with the industrial
partners.
A number of industrial partners, including Kamaz,
Rosatom, Dauria, Tatneft and Technoserv, already
have offices at the innovation center. The total area
of the R&D centers expected to be set up within the
Innovation Center is approximately 260k sq.m.
POPULATION OF THE OFFICE AND RESEARCH
FACILITIES, AS WELL AS ACCOMMODATION
WITHIN THE INNOVATION CENTER IS
AN IMPORTANT AREA OF COOPERATION.
SKOLKOVO
PARTNERS
60industrial companies became
partners of the Foundation
260 thousand sq.m.
area of R&D centers
49
industrial partners will
establish R&D centers
5000
employees at R&D centers
2015INDUSTRIAL
PARTNERSHIP
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VENTURE
INVESTORS
Providing accessible venture capital financing and
supporting the commercialization of project compa-
nies are the key areas of cooperation with the Foun-
dation's venture partners. The Foundation strives to
be actively involved in establishing relations between
investors and startups. For this purpose, various
events, including pitch sessions, competitions and
project presentations, are held on a regular basis.
Skolkovo set up a forum, Skolkovo Business Angels
Club, for the interaction between the ecosystem's in-
vestment community members, with its membership
already exceeding 200 business angels. It is a non-
profit organization not focused on profit generation.
The club is a communication platform for investors
and innovative projects and provides comprehensive
support to its members.
ACCREDITED VENTURE INVESTORS, SUCH AS VENTURE
FUNDS AND BUSINESS ANGELS,ARE CRUCIAL
ELEMENTS OFTHE SKOLKOVO ECOSYSTEM.
PLACE IN THE
ECOSYSTEM
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JOINING THE REQUIRED RESOURCES IS A KEY
TO A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
OF STARTUPS.
GOALS OF
BUSINESS ANGELS
THE CLUB IS FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING AND
DEVELOPING AN ECOSYSTEM OF PRIVATE INVEST-
MENTS IN INNOVATIVE PROJECTS AND ALSO ON
FOSTERING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FORTHE
WORK OF SEED INVESTMENT FUNDS AND BUSINESS
ANGELS INTHE RUSSIAN FEDERATION"
(Rules of the Skolkovo Business Angels Club)
In addition, local and international experts are also
invited to its meetings, where they can share their
experience and competences in the field of venture
investments.
However, the efforts taken by the Foundation to build
an investment community are not limited to the
Skolkovo ecosystem only. The All-Russian Startup
Tour 2015 included investor meetings and master
classes for startups.
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The Skolkovo Business Angels Club serves as a cata-
lyst to the formation of regional investment communi-
ties and venture capital financing in Russia.
In 2014, during Slush, an international gathering of
startups and investors in Helsinki, the Skolkovo Busi-
ness Angels Club was among the organizers of the
conference of the European Business-Angels Network
(EBAN) that is one of the most important forums for
communication between applicants and investors.
THE BUSINESS ANGELS CLUB SERVES AS A CATALYST
TOTHE FORMATION OF REGIONAL INVESTMENT
COMMUNITIES AND VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCING
IN RUSSIA.
THE ROLE OF
BUSINESS ANGELS
"THE CLUB MEMBERS FINANCE PROJECTS ON
THEIR OWN BEHALF AND FOR THEIR OWN
ACCOUNT, BEARING ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR CHECKING THE INVESTMENT
ATTRACTIVENESS OF ANY PROJECT THEY
CHOOSE TO FINANCE"
(Rules of the Skolkovo Business Angels Club)
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RESULTS
OF VENTURE
INVESTMENTS
WHILE THE QUANTITATIVE PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS OF THE BUSINESS ANGELS CLUB ARE
IMPRESSIVE,THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY CHARACTER-
ISTIC OF ITS WORK. A NOTICEABLE QUALITATIVE
DEVELOPMENT IS QUITE REMARKABLE.
PERFORMANCE
INDICATORS
MENTOR-PROTEGE PAIRS
FIRM COMMITMENTS OF VENTURE INVESTORS
SOFT COMMITMENTS OF VENTURE INVESTORS
MEMBERS OFTHE SKOLKOVO BUSINESSANGELS CLUB
ACCREDITED VENTURE FUNDS
COMPANIES SUPPORTED BY FUNDS
35
110
30 RUB BN
4,3 RUB BN
61
MENTORS AND STARTUPS MORE THAN100
210
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INTERNATIONAL
ACCELERATION
PROGRAMS
THE KEY IDEA BEHIND INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATION
ISTO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVICETO STARTUPS
ATTHE EARLIEST STAGE OF LIFE, DURING BUSINESS
PLAN DRAFTING,WHICH WILL FACILITATE
FURTHER MARKET ENTRY.
GOALS OF
ACCELERATION
International acceleration enables startups to find
ways to new markets, raise foreign investments and,
in the long-term, transform into a global company.
The Skolkovo Foundation promotes a business ac-
celeration program aimed to support the business
competences of startups and facilitate their entry to
international markets.
The business acceleration program is supported by
the Foundations' foreign partners, including Houston
Technology Center, Mass Challenge, InvestHK, and
many others.
Among foreign markets, special role is played by the
markets in the Asia-Pacific Region, such as China
and India.
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MENTOR
PROGRAM
EXPECTING GREAT RESULTS FROM A STARTUP
IS DIFFICULT, WHEN THE IDEAS OF ITS FOUNDERS
ARE FAR FROM THE REALITIES OF THE SECTOR, IN
WHICH THEY LOOK FOR AN INNOVATIVE NICHE.
ADVICE TO STARTUPS AND ASSISTANCE IN
CHOOSING A STRATEGY ARE THE TASKS OF MENTORS.
VALUE OF
MENTORING
Successful implementation of an innovative project
largely depends on practical experience and knowl-
edge. However, new entrepreneurs do not usually have
all required knowledge. In such case, a timely and effi-
cient support of mentor is crucial. A mentor may, in due
time, offer the best solution to a business or technologi-
cal problem, support development of a project or use
his/her personal experience and contacts to help raise
investments. An active development of connections be-
tween mentors and startups is an important element of
the Innovation Center Strategy 2015-2017. Launched in
2014, the Skolkovo Foundation Mentoring Program al-
ready has over 100 mentors and startups.
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THE SKOLKOVO TECHNOPARK IS THE CORE OF THE
SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE INNOVATION
ECOSYSTEM AND A FORUM TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS AT ALL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE AIM OF
TECHNOPARK
SKOLKOVO
TECHNOPARK
The Consulting Center of the Technopark is the Skolkovo
Innovation Center's contact point for applicants for the
process of participant status, helping them pass through
the process of participant status assignment and also
used for the collecting reports filed by the participants.
The common use centers at the Technopark make unique
R&D services accessible to the participants, in this way
accelerating their projects and market launch of new
technologies. The Technopark provides the participants
with offices and the required package of business
services, which includes visa and migration support, legal
and accounting services, HR services, translations
services, and much more. The Skolkovo Technopark
closely cooperates with regional technoparks in Russia,
with its partner pool already having 400 partner
technoparks and 7 major industrial partners engaged in
the program of cooperation with regional technoparks.
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The Skolkovo Intellectual Property Centre was set up
in September 2011 as a subsidiary of the Skolkovo
Foundation to provide IP-related services to the
Skolkovo Project participants.
Currently, the Skolkovo Intellectual Property Centre
is the only center in Russia to be focused on
providing patent and legal services to tech startups
and innovative companies in a wide range of
research areas. Clients of the Skolkovo IP Center
already comprise over 300 startups, Skolkovo
Project participants, and a number of industrial
partners of the Foundation. The Skolkovo IP Center
plays an extremely important role in promoting the
protection of intellectual property of Russian startups
abroad, with over 6% of all international Russian
PCT applications in 2014 submitted through the IP
Center.
SKOLKOVO INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY CENTER
EFFECTIVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIALIZATION
OF ANY RESEARCH PROJECT.
THE AIM OF
IP CENTER
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SKOLKOVO
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
ANDTECHNOLOGY (SKOLTECH) IS A NON-STATE
EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTION
BEING ONE OFTHE KEY COMPONENTS INTHE
INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM OF SKOLKOVO.
Skoltech is focused on training future global leaders in
innovations, promoting scientific knowledge and devel-
oping new technologies, which would help address the
critical challenges, both in Russia and across the world.
Using international educational and research models,
Skoltech integrates the best scientific traditions in Rus-
sia, as well as entrepreneurship and innovations of the
21st century. Skoltech's model is based on the integra-
tion of education and research, both fundamental and
applied. The institute is closely linked with the industrial
and entrepreneurial ecosystem, which enables it to de-
velop high-quality research and generate a flow of inno-
vations to the economy. According to estimates made
by the Skoltech Entrepreneurship and Innovation Cen-
ter, about 45% of students are actively involved in
startup projects or have their own companies.
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SCIENCE,
INNOVATION AND
EDUCATION
CENTERS BEGAN
OPERATIONS
17%
STUDENTS AND
PROFESSORS
FROM FOREIGN
UNIVERSITIES
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SKOLTECH'S DEVELOPMENT VECTOR IS IN ESTAB-
LISHING HIGH STANDARD IN STUDENT EDUCATION,
GENERATING KNOWLEDGE AND PROMOTING
TECHNOLOGY TO ADDRESS THE KEY ISSUES
IN SCIENCE,TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONS.
INSTITUTE'S
MISSION
53
PROFESSORS
AND ASSOCIATE
PROFESSORS 198MASTER'S AND
PhD STUDENTS
45%
STUDENTS
INVOLVED IN
INNOVATIVE
PROJECTS
AND STARTUPS
MORE THAN
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SKOLKOVO
OPEN UNIVERSITY
THE SKOLKOVO OPEN UNIVERSITY IS A PROGRAM RUN
BYTHE SKOLKOVO FOUNDATIONTO DEVELOP YOUNG
TALENTED PEOPLE POSSESSING RESEARCH AND
ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCESTO ENGAGETHEM
INTHE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM.
In 2014-2015, the Skolkovo Open University's team or-
ganized over 150 events for various target audiences.
The Skolkovo Generation Winter School 2014 was aimed
at students and graduates of the best Russian and CIS
universities. Events for new innovators and young spe-
cialists included such programs as Global Technology
Trends, Idea Generation, Transport of the Future,
Skolkovo: User Manual, and others.
In partnership with the FASO and the Federal Agency for
the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots
Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Coopera-
tion, the Skolkovo Open University implements the Com-
munity of Young Scientists and Professionals Program
that is aimed at creating a pool of innovators and com-
mercialization managers working at academic institutions
of Russia, as well as at spreading the culture of innova-
tion entrepreneurship at research institutions and centers.
Work done to attract international audience gave birth to
the SkolkovoDay format that makes it possible to intro-
duce the Skolkovo concept to new participants in a short
period of time. So far, five events have been held in such
format, with three events gathering international audi-
ence in the Hypercube. Work with researchers from the
CIS Member States and foreign countries is one of the
focuses of the Skolkovo Open University. In late 2014,
the Hypercube hosted a meeting of young scientists and
specialists from Russia and the CIS Member States; and
in 2015, in cooperation with the Federal Agency for the
Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Liv-
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THE SKOLKOVO OPEN UNIVERSITY IS A FORUM
FOR REGULAR INTERACTION BETWEEN ALL
PARTICIPANTS OF THE INNOVATION SYSTEM
OF RUSSIA.
CONNECTING
INNOVATIONS
ing Abroad and International Humanitarian Coopera-
tion, the CIS Scientists Forum will be held. The Sci-
ence Drive contest held in cooperation with Skoltech
identified two winners who will have a two-year intern-
ship with the Nobel Prize winner Andre Geim.
To promote innovations and entrepreneurship, the
Skolkovo Open University became a co-organizer of
the Russian finals of the Imagine Cup, as well as an
accelerator for the teams that were qualified for the fi-
nals. In 2014, the 4th 360° Contemporary Science
Film Festival organized in cooperation with the Poly-
technic Museum took place, in terms of which the
Skolkovo Open University became a curator of a spe-
cial educational program. During the year TEDxSkoko-
voLive events were held, and early in 2015 the
Skolkovo Foundation and the University became part-
ners of TEDxMoscow, where for the first time in the
history of TEDx a live interview with an astronaut from
the International Space Station took place.
15 310 PROGRAM
SUBSCRIBERS
7274
EVENTS
HELD
893
EVENT
PARTICIPANTS
560
PARTICIPANTS
AND GRADUATES
177STUDENTS INVOLVED
INTHE INNOVATION
ECOSYSTEM
17
ENROLLED
TO SKOLTECH
12PROJECTS HAVINGTHE
SKOLKOVO PARTICIPANT
STATUS
52
PARTICIPANT
CITIES
8
PARTICIPANT
COUNTRIES
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INNOVATION CITY OF
SKOLKOVO
The Innovation City of Skolkovo was designed to
provide the best conditions for research and busi-
ness, focusing at the same time on the creation of
an aesthetically attractive urban environment that
will be convenient for its visitors and residents.
The University and Technopark will become its core
elements.
A congress hall, numerous offices and labs, resi-
dential houses and cottages, as well as various
amenities will be built nearby.
Special attention is paid to parks and other public
and communal spaces. The innovation center is de-
signed to ensure that accommodation is located
close to work.
SKOLKOVO IS AN OPEN SOURCE CITY STRIVING
TO REFORMATTHE SURROUNDING WORLD IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ITS PRINCIPLES. A CITY
IS ORGANIZED FOR MEETINGS AND FACILITATING
COMMUNICATION.
THE ECOSYS-
TEM'S CENTER
OF ATTRACTION
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Rail transport and road junctions in the right loca-
tions shall provide a fast, within 30-40 minutes, ac-
cess to the historical center of Moscow.
The first facilities in the innovation center ap-
peared in 2012. Currently, the core of the innova-
tion center's office and research infrastructure is
formed by the buildings of the Technopark Office
Center that accommodated the first 73 innovation
center participant companies.
The city continues developing: 14 streets of
Skolkovo are included in the Moscow register. New
streets are named after renowned national innova-
tors in different fields: from the radio inventor
Alexander Popov to the television pioneer Vladimir
Zvorykin, from the painter Kazimir Malevich to Ivan
Kulibin whose name became synonymous to the
word ‘inventing’, as regards foreign scientists and
innovators, Nikola Tesla and James Maxwell,
Alessandro Volta and Wilhelm Roentgen, Adam
Smith and Albert Einstein were honoured among
others.
THE CITY CONTINUES DEVELOPING: 14 STREETS OF
SKOLKOVO ARE INCLUDED IN THE MOSCOW REGIS-
TER NEW STREETS ARE NAMED AFTER RENOWNED
RUSSIAN INNOVATORS IN DIFFERENT FIELDS.
MOVING
FORWARD
82,7 RUB bn
external financing
2677 thousand sq.m.
total area to be developed
by 2020.
73 companies
already accommodated
at the Technopark Office Center.
385 thousand sq.m.
financed from the budget
2014INNOVATION
CITY
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SKOLKOVO
SCHOOL
The idea to set up the International Gymnasium of
the Skolkovo Innovation Center emerged as early
as in 2010, and almost five years later, on Decem-
ber 18, 2014, the Foundation Council decided to es-
tablish a unitary non-profit organization International
Gymnasium of the Skolkovo Innovation Center. The
Gymnasium is incorporated in and its property is
owned by the Skolkovo Foundation.
The Gymnasium is an important element in the de-
velopment of an environment for social and creative
activity of the families who live and work at the
Skolkovo Innovation Center. The Gymnasium's mis-
sion is to foster an innovative educational environ-
ment focused on developing inherent talents in
pupils and on educating young people possessing a
critical thinking and good knowledge, which are able
and willing to become innovators and change the
orld for the better.
THE CURRICULUM OFTHE INTERNATIONAL GYMNASIUM
ENCOURAGESTHE PUPILSTO UNDERSTANDTHE LINK
BETWEENTHETRADITIONAL SUBJECTSTHEY LEARN
ANDTHE REAL WORLD AND BECOME INTELLIGENT
AND CREATIVE PERSONS.
GROWING
INNOVATORS
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The Gymnasium offers a whole range of pre-school
and school education services for Russian and for-
eign pupils from the age of 1.5 years to the last
grade of secondary school:
an opportunity to follow the International
Baccalaureateprograms, with English or Russian
as the language of instruction, which will promote
intellectual, personal,emotional and social
competences one needs to live in today's world;
a flexible daily schedule to keep children engaged
in work during the whole working day of their parents;
onboarding programs to enable children to join
the Gymnasium at any grade;
musical, sport, scientific and other workshops
and schools, which develop creative skills of children;
mandatory second foreign language classes and an
opportunity to study additional languages,
including Chinese;
a certificate of secondary general education,
accompanied with an International Baccalaureate
diploma that enables one to continue education at
many prestigious universities in different countries.
Currently, the Family Campus building is being built
in the D2 district, which will accommodate the Gym-
nasium. In addition, the Senior School building has
been designed.
APART FROM LESSONS,THE DAILY SCHEDULE
WILL INCLUDE DOING HOMEWORK, ELECTIVES
AT STUDIOS, AND VARIOUS OPTIONS
OF ADDITIONAL EDUCATION.
SCHOOL
ENVIRONMENT
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INNOVATION CENTER
CONSTRUCTION STAGES
Stage 1. Creation of the core infrastructure 2011-2016
Funds of the
Foundation
total:
386thousand
sq.m.
Technopark
main
building
apartments
for startups
Amenities
(for startups and masters)
Internal utilities and
transport infrastructure
Skoltech
main
building
apartments for masters
and professors
Other funds,
including funds
of investors
total:
246thousand
sq.m.
excluding
external
infrastructure
Research and office buildings, including
those of the key partners
Amenities
External and internal utilities
and transport infrastructure
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Stage 2. Infrastructure development 2016-2020
Other funds,
including funds
of investors
total:
1992
thousand
sq.m.
Research and office buildings,
including those of the key partners
Apartments
(including those for partners' employees)
Amenities
(including those for partners' employees)
Additional utilities
and transport
total for two
stages:
2624
thousand sq.m.
stage 1 stage 2 total
employed 14 900 14 600 29 500
residents 1 000 18 500 19 500
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SKOLTECH
1200students
200professors
and tutors
15science,
research and
education centers
2016(phase 1)
2018(phase 2)
140thousand sq.m.
(phase 1)
75thousand sq.m.
(phase 2)
Initial construction
work completed.
Overground concrete casting
work is underway.
18,1RUB bn
(phase 1)
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TECHNOPARK
4000employees
(phase 1)
3000employees
(phase 2)
Laboratories
and public spaces
2015(phase 1)
2018(phase 2)
95thousand sq.m.
(phase 1)
65thousand sq.m.
(phase 2)
Finishing work, erection
of the metal roof structures
and installation of the external
facade are underway.
9,3 RUB bn
(phase 1)
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TECHNOPARK
OFFICE CENTER
Designed to accommodate
project participants
2015completion
of construction
44thousand sq.m.
Buildings 1-3 are commissioned,
building 4 is under construction.
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UTILITIES
INFRASTRUCTURE
The main and linear engineering
structures were built and are at
the stage of transfer for opera-
tion to Moscow resource-saving
organizations.
All existing facilities within the
center have a permanent con-
nection to the utilities systems.
The facilities under construction
will be connected after commis-
sioning.
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RENOVA LAB
Multifunctional science
and technology center
27thousand
sq.m.
2015
MATRYOSHKA – A BUSINESS
CENTER IN SKOLKOVO
completion of
construction
Public building comprising offices,
a transformable hall and
an exhibition space 30thousand
sq.m.
2015 completion
of construction
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GALLERY BUSINESS CENTER
KEY PARTNERS' ZONE:
IT CLUSTER, TMH
Designed to accommodate project
participants and partners
78thousand
sq.m.
2015 completion
of construction
Key partner companies' complexes
TMH-Alstom, CISCO,
IT Cluster's partners 126thousand
sq.m.
2016 completion
of construction
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INTERNATIONAL
AVIATION ACADEMY
PIPE METALLURGICAL COMPANY
(TMK)
Training Center of the
International Aviation Academy
9thousand
sq.m.
2015-2017 stage-by-stage
completion
Research center of a key partner,
TMK
15thousand
sq.m.
2017 completion
of construction
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TATNEFT
SBERBANK
Technopark and Data Center of
a key partner, Sberbank
122thousand
sq.m.
Research center of a key partner,
Tatneft OJSC
10thousand
sq.m.
2016 stage-by-stage
completion
2016-2020 stage-by-stage
completion
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APARTMENTS
FAMILY CAMPUS IN THE D2 DISTRICT
700children (kindergarten and school)
22thousand
sq.m.
1400residents (phase 1)
18300residents (phases 2-5)
61thousand sq.m.
(phase 1)
640thousand sq.m.
(phases 2-5)
2015 completion
of construction
2015-2020 stage-by-stage
completion
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SKOLKOVO PROJECT
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC MODERNIZATION
AND INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT UNDER
THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
selects the Project management
company;
selects the area for
the Innovation Center.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
supervises Project implementation;
endorses Project Rules.
FOUNDATION GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
PRESIDENT
acts as a representative in relations with the government
authorities and the general public;
determines development directions.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
controls operating activity;
approves major transactions.
FOUNDATION COUNCIL
determines priority directions of activity;
approves Project budget;
approves Project Rules;
approves major transactions.
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
manages operating activity.
ADVISORY BODIES OF THE FOUNDATION
SCIENTIFIC
ADVISORY COUNCIL
relations with the academic
community
CITY PLANNING
BOARD
relations with the architectural
community
INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY
COUNCIL
relations with the key
project partners
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MEMBERS OF THE SKOLKOVO
PROJECT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dmitry Medvedev
Prime Minister
of the Russian Federation
Igor Agamirzyan
General Director and Chairman
of the Board of the Russian Venture
Company, OJSC
Zhores Alferov
Co-Chairman of the Skolkovo
Foundation Scientific Advisory
Council, Vice-President of the Russ-
ian Academy of Sciences, Nobel Lau-
reate in Physics
Ivan Bortnik
Executive Director of the Association
of Innovative Regions of Russia,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
the Foundation for Assistance to Small
Innovative Enterprises in Science and
Technology
Vyatcheslav Volodin
First Deputy Chief of Staff
of the Presidential
Executive Office
Arkady Dvorkovich
Deputy Prime Minister
of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Dmitriev
Chairman of the State Corporation
"Bank for Development and
Foreign Economic Affairs"
(Vneshekonombank)
Dmitry Livanov
Minister of Education and Science
of the Russian Federation
Denis Manturov
Minister of Industry
and Trade of the
Russian Federation
Nikolai Nikiforov
Minister of Communications
and Mass Media of the
Russian Federation
Anton Siluanov
Minister of Finance
of the Russian Federation
Sergey Sobyanin
Mayor of Moscow
Vladislav Surkov
Aide to the President
of the Russian Federation
Alexei Ulyukayev
Minister of Economic Development
of the Russian Federation
Vladimir Fortov
President of the Russian Academy
of Sciences
Andrey Fursenko
Aide to the President
of the Russian Federation
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Viktor Vekselberg
Co-Chairman of the Skolkovo
Foundation Council, President
of the Skolkovo Foundation
Anatoly Alexandrov
Rector of the Bauman Moscow State
Technical University
Vladimir Artyakov
Deputy Director General
of Russian Technologies
State Corporation
Esko Aho
Executive Chairman of the Board of
the East Office of Finnish Industries
Ltd; Senior Fellow of Harvard Univer-
sity; Consultative Partner of
Nokia Corporation
Martin Bouygues
Chairman and CEO of the French
industrial group Bouygues
Alexander Galitsky
Managing Partner of
Almaz Capital Partners company
Andrey Ivanov
Deputy Minister of Finance
of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Kovalchuk
President of the National Research
Center "Kurchatov Institute"
Edward Crawley
Skoltech President
Gleb Nikitin
First Deputy Minister of Industry
and Trade of the Russian Federation
Alexander Povalko
Deputy Minister of Education
and Science of the
Russian Federation
Dmitry Pumpyansky
Chairman of the Board of Directors
at TMK OJSC
Vladimir Rashevsky
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Siberian Coal Energy
Company (SUEK)
Oleg Fomichev
Deputy Minister of Economic
Development of the
Russian Federation
John Chambers
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Cisco Systems, Inc.
Anatoly Chubais
CEO of RUSNANO, Chairman
of the Management Board of the
Fund for Infrastructure
and Educational Programs
Eric Schmidt
Executive Chairman of Google Inc.
FOUNDATION COUNCIL
Craig Barrett
Co-Chairman of the Skolkovo
Foundation Council,
Retired CEO/Chairman of Intel
Corporation
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ACTIVITIES OF THE SKOLKOVO
FOUNDATION COUNCIL IN 2014
In the field of promotion of innovative research
and creation of innovation environment
The Foundation's key goal in 2014 was to identify prior-
ity areas of research. The Foundation Council ap-
proved the priorities for the Information Technologies
and Telecommunications Cluster, the Biomedical Tech-
nologies Cluster, and the Nuclear Technologies Cluster.
In the field of education development
In 2014, the Foundation Council approved the Report
on Cooperation between the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and the Skolkovo Institute of Science
and Technology. Among the most important decisions
were the approval of the concept of the International
Gymnasium of the Skolkovo Innovation Center.
In the field of city planning
A number of decision to optimize the construction pro-
gram were taken in 2014 due to the changes in the
economic landscape. The names of the streets in the
center of Skolkovo were approved, and the plan to ac-
commodate the Moscow International Medical Cluster
within Skolkovo was endorsed.
In the field of strategic development
of the Foundation
The Foundation Council attaches great importance to
identifying strategic areas and plans for the innovation
ecosystem development. In 2014, the Foundation
Council approved the Skolkovo Foundation Communi-
cation Strategy. Amendments were made to the Bylaw
following the opening of the Foundation's Far East
Representative Office in Vladivostok.
In the field of Foundation's corporate
governance improvement
Throughout 2014, the Foundation continued build-
ing a transparent and efficient corporate gover-
nance system, which included amendments to the
Research Activity Rules and improvements in the
Regulation on Assigning and Termination of Status
of the Project Participant. A new regulation on mi-
crogrants was adopted; and the rules governing
the provision of public transport services, public
communication services, public catering, trade and
various consumer services within Skolkovo were
approved.
THE FOUNDATION COUNCIL IS THE SUPREME GOVERNING BODY OF THE FOUNDATION AND
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF THE FOUNDATION'S OPERATIONS, IDENTIFIES
PRIORITY AREAS OF ITS ACTIVITIES,THE PRINCIPLES OF HOW TO FORM THE FOUNDATION AND USE
ITS PROPERTY, APPROVES THE ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET, FOUNDATION'S
MISSION AND ITS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT. IN 2014,THE FOUNDATION COUNCIL HELD
FIVE MEETINGS, INCLUDING ONE MEETING IN ABSENTIA.
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EXECUTIVES OF THE
SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION
Viktor Vekselberg
Co-Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Council,
President of the Skolkovo Foundation
Andrei Burenin
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Vasily Belov
Senior Vice-President for Innovations
Development
Grigory Burenkov
Senior Vice-President for Economics
and Finance
Igor Drozdov
Senior Vice-President
for Legal and Administrative Issues
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Andrey Kemenev
Vice-President for Informational
and Analytical Support and Interaction
with Public Authorities
Vladimir Lukianov
Vice-President, City Manager
Sergey Osipov
Vice-President of the Auditing
of Construction Projects
Alexander Chernov
Senior Vice-President for
External Communications
and Advertising
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GRANT COMMITTEE
OF SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION
In 2014, the Grant Committee held 13 meetings. It
examined 56 projects and approved 35 grants to-
talling RUB 1,454.3mln, with 21 projects rejected or
returned for revision. It reviewed 53 reports from
grant recipients, with positive decisions taken in re-
lation to 45 reports, including 23 reports accepted
for further financing, 22 last stage reports taken note
of, and 8 reports rejected for further financing or re-
turned for revision.
THE TASKS OF THE GRANT COMMITTEE ARE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON AWARDING GRANTS TO THE
SKOLKOVO PROJECT PARTICIPANTS, MAKE DECISIONS FOLLOWING REVIEW OF INNOVATIVE
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION REPORTS, AND EVALUATE THE FULFILMENT OF THE RELEVANT
FUNCTIONS BY THE FOUNDATION'S EXPERTS.
13 meetings
of the Grant Committee
56 projects
examined for eligibility
for grants
35 grants
approved
1454,3 RUB M
total grants provided
53 reports
of grant recipients heard
45 reports
accepted with
a positive opinion
2014
PROVISIONOFGRANTS
TOTHESKOLKOVO
PARTICIPANTS
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THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COUNCIL HASTHE FOLLOWING COMPETENCES: COORDINATING RESEARCH
ACTIVITY WITHINTHE PROJECT; PROVIDING ADVICE RELATEDTOTHE METHODOLOGY OF EXPERT EXAMI-
NATION OF PROJECTS; PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING RELATIONS WITHTHE SCIENTIFIC
COMMUNITYTO ENGAGETHEM IN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; ORGANIZING CONFERENCES AND WORK-
SHOPS IN PROJECT-RELATED AREAS; PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONSTOTHE FOUNDATION COUNCIL
WITH RESPECTTO PROMISING AREAS OF R&D; PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONSTOTHE FOUNDATION
COUNCIL WITH RESPECTTO EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY WITHINTHE PROJECT.
In 2014, the Scientific Advisory Council had 3 meetings
which:
supported the initiative to open a new foresight in
agriculture, which was proposed by the Skolkovo
Foundation's Biomedical Technologies Cluster;
approved performance reports of the Scientific
and Educational Center of Molecular Beam Epitaxy
(Academic University of the Russian Academy of
Sciences) and the Scientific and Educational Center
of Energy-Efficient Catalysis (Novosibirsk State
University) which received grants from the Skolkovo
Foundation;
considered proposals regarding the form of
advanced applied research by the Skolkovo
Foundation in the field of conducting paths,
optical connections and photonics at the Ioffe
Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, the Academic University of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, and the Rzhanov Institute
of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of the
Russian Academy of Sciences;
a list of common use centers at the Skolkovo
Technopark, as well as equipment required to
set up such centers, were approved;
at the meeting of the Scientific Advisory Council,
which was held at the Stanford University,
a cooperation agreement was signed between
the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology,
the Academic University of the Russian Academic
of Sciences and the Novosibirsk State University.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY
COUNCIL OF SKOLKOVO
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CITY PLANNING BOARD OF
SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION
The competence of the City Planning Board covers
matters connected with:
the development of recommendations for the
Foundation in the field of city planning and
architectural design to create and develop an
innovative city environment for the decisions to
be taken by the Foundation bodies to implement
the Project;
review and issue of recommendations on the city
planning concept of the Skolkovo Innovation Center;
advisory support of the Foundation's activities
in connection with city planning and architectural
design of the Skolkovo Innovation Center;
development of recommendations regarding
competitive selection of design and construction
companies to build the Skolkovo Innovation Center.
In 2014, the City Planning Board had three meetings
to discuss the landscape zone development, street
naming, as well as the projects for the development of
the Central Zone, and the Technopark and Southern
(D1) districts.
THE CITY PLANNING BOARD WAS SET UP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FIELD OF CITY
PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
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INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY
COUNCIL OF SKOLKOVO
FOUNDATION
IN 2014,THE INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL HELD 3 MEETINGS. IN TERMS OF DISCUSSIONS, SPE-
CIAL ATTENTION WAS PAID TO THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE KEY PARTNERS AND THE
SKOLKOVO ECOSYSTEM, INCLUDING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION WITH THE SKOLKOVO
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
The Industrial Advisory Council carries out the follow-
ing activities:
engages the Foundation's key partners in the
management of the ecosystem being established
at the Skolkovo Innovation Center;
develops proposals on how to encourage
innovations in Russia and improve the regulatory
and state policy mechanisms in the field of
innovations, and also proposes conceptual
approaches to implementing such mechanisms;
develops recommendations regarding
improvements in the Foundation's in-house
regulations and in the Foundation's documents
with Project rules;
submits proposals to the Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the Foundation regarding
representation of the members of the Council
and other organizations in the Foundation's
governing bodies;
evaluates internal regulations, procedures and rules
of the Project and develops recommendations
on their improvement.
To systematize the current work of the Foundation and
its key partners, the Industrial Advisory Council ap-
proved, at its meetings, a decision to involve the key
partners in the development of initiatives of change in
the field of innovations with subsequent review of the
implementation progress at the Council meetings.
Review of different aspects of interaction between
Skolkovo and the Open Government, including their
interaction to implement the projects under the in-
struction of the Chairman of the Government of the
Russian Federation D.A. Medvedev as of August 9,
2014, became a priority in the Council's work.
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The priority in 2010-2014, as regards
the cooperation with startups,
included the attraction of as many
innovative projects as possible. The
Foundation organized and co-orga-
nized numerous events to dissemi-
nate information about the Skolkovo
Project and attract teams with a great
potential from all regions of Russia.
As of May 1, 2015, the community of
startups participating in the project
exceeded 1,100 companies from 49
regions of Russia.
In 2015–2017, key attention will be
paid to targeted interaction with com-
panies, acceleration and mentoring
support of projects. Maximum efforts
should be made to relocate partici-
pants to the Innovation Center and
develop its territory. The first success
has already been achieved, with over
70 participants accommodated in two
buildings of the Technopark Office
Center in Skolkovo.
Changes in the external political envi-
ronment dictate the need to expand
the Foundation's presence in the
countries of the Asia-Pacific Region,
with the development of the channels
of cooperation with China and Japan
becoming of particular relevance. The
Foundation's branch opened at the
campus of the Far Eastern Federal
University brings the Foundation's ac-
tivity closer to this key region and will
enable to build a more efficient coop-
eration between the ecosystem and
the countries in the region. The com-
munity of investment funds and busi-
ness angels developed rapidly and a
network of foreign and Russian part-
ners was built up. The Foundation
developed a process model of inter-
action and support of startups, by
means of testing alternative grant
procedures and startup formats, in-
cluding applied research centers.
As regards the interaction with indus-
trial companies, key attention will be
paid to the development of sustain-
able relations and to the launch of
R&D centers at the Skolkovo Innova-
tion Center.
THE FIRST SUCCESS HAS ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED,
WITH OVER 70 PARTICIPANTS ACCOMMODATED IN TWO
BUILDINGS OF THE TECHNOPARK OFFICE CENTER IN
SKOLKOVO.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
FOR STARTUPS (CLUSTERS):
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/biomed
Cluster-BMT@sk.ru
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/itc
it-cluster@sk.ru
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/energy
Cluster-Energy@sk.ru
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/nuclear
Cluster-NT@sk.ru
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/space
Cluster-Space@sk.ru
FOR INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS:
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/biomed/p/
partners.aspx
ETkachenko@sk.ru
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/itc/
partners/aspx
Ikireev@sk.ru
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/energy/p/
partners.aspx
MTykuchinskiy@sk.ru
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/nuclear/p/
partners.aspx
KGibalo@sk.ru
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/space/
partners/aspx
MTsygankov@sk.ru
GENERAL CONTACTS
PHONE: +7 (495) 956 00 33, +7 (495) 967-01-48
FAX: +7 (495) 739 53 06, +7 (495) 967-01-96
LEGAL ADDRESS: 4 LUGOVAYA STREET,
SKOLKOVO INNOVATION CENTER, MOZHAYSK DISTRICT,
MOSCOW 143026
E-MAIL for incoming correspondence:
SKFoundation@sk.ru
www.sk.ru
facebook.com/FondSkolkovo
@sk_ru
FOR VENTURE INVESTORS
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/investment
FOR BUSINESS ANGELS
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/busines-
sangelsclub
FOR MENTORS
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/mentor
MMikhailov@sk.ru
FOR STUDENTS
http://community.sk.ru/opus
http://www.skoltech.ru
FOR SUPPLIERS
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/tenders/
SKzakupki@sk.ru – for general issues
ZhalobaZakupki@sk.ru – for participants'
complaints
FOR PRESS
http://community.sk.ru/news
lgankin@sk.ru
TECHNOPARK
http://community.sk.ru/technopark/about
technopark@sk.ru
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY CENTER
http://community.sk.ru/foundation/ipcenter-
skolkovo
IPCenter@sk.ru